Chapter 544: Out of My Mind for a Moment

Darkness. Endless darkness. Thick, clinging darkness that felt as if it could drag a soul straight into the abyss. His awareness bobbed in an icy chaos. Each time he tried to struggle free, pain tore through him, as if his bones and marrow were being ground to dust. He did not know how long it lasted. Maybe an instant. Maybe ten thousand years. A thin, feeble thread of light finally pierced the black. Then came sound. Blurred and distant, as if muffled behind a heavy curtain of water. "…Wake…...